The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-07-25
WILL REMAIN In THELEAGUE
The Indianapolis Club Is Not at All
Disposed to Give Up Its Franchise.
President Brush Saws the Club Is Success
Financially. and Will Be Strengthened
in Playing as Soon as Possible.

son continues favor1te suDJect Ior specuiasion
among the baseball writer's who are not partic-
ular about facts in filling space. The only foun-
dation for all that has been said about the mat
ter is that continual agitation of the subject mas
caused the baseball people who compose the
League and Association to give consideration to
the question of consolidating the two organiza-
tons This question, however. has mover as
sumed definite shape, and if even half OF
what has been published is true. there
is such division of opinion as TO
the advisability of the consolidation that moth
ing can come of it. Whenever the time comes
to act upon the matter the League will hardly
be needless of its interests as the sensational
baseball writer's are of facts. II there should
be a consolidation OF the League and Association.
Indianapolis may be left out. but she is no more
likely TO be sacrificed than five or six other
cities. There is not a city in the country now
represented in either organization that has sup
ported club in the first year of it's existence as
well Indianapolis has its League team. and
this. too, while it has been dragging along as a
tail-end the great base ball body. Ii
is evident that base ball pays TOO we'll in Indian
apolis for people who in the business for
money consider it lightly and the city will
rank above at least two or three now represented
in either the League or Association The position
of Indianapolis in regard to this matter ID
clearly stated in letter from this city to the ST.
Louis hep0Dlcan, puDIlSn0O yesterday. WHICH
says: "Mr. J. T. Brush, one OF the principal
stockholders of the club. and also, by the bye,
one of the shrewdest and most successful bust
ness men in the city, said this morning: In
dianapos may not be in the League next season,
but if she isn't it will be becauss the other
League clubs have deprived her of that response
bility."
"You would like to remain in, then, for an
other yearP
"'Most assuredly. That's what intended
when we went in, and we've not yet changed our
ind NAa haya fha
while we not winning any CHAMPIONSHIPS,
stand ready to strengthen our club whenever
an opportunity or opportunities present them
selves.
1.-The Climb has not heen failure, then, thus
fart
well. no; not financially. We some
thing ahead. and you must boar in mind that
the club has played two extended series away
from homo and but one at home. SO that the
financial showing is all the better on that &C
count. We are to have two more series at home,
and but one abroad, and as it is the home games
that furnish the revenue, We may expect fully az
much success for the remainder of the season.
Indeed, if the the team should win a game or so
at the start. and keep up fair record on their
return from the East next week, anticipate We
would be well patronized right alongf
LAS a matter of fact indianapolis has made
a better record with her ball club this year than
any city which ever nursed tail-end club, ex-
cepting. possibly Baltimore. Last year Wash
iugton, ST. Louis and Kansas City all lost
money, although their clubs made better show
ing in the League than the Indianapolis
team has thus far done. 1t has almost unex-
ceptoD ally been the case in the history of the
League that the club which brought up at the
foot of the ladder paid for the distinction
with exhausted treasury. People won't
pay money to see their representative Clue
beaten-that the explanation of all of it.
Very few have enough philosophy in their
natures that some club must of necessity
lose, that that club is most liable to be the
youngest in the race, and that strong
club only be built up after years of hard
work. Another thing is that people to whom
baseball is new take defeat with a great deal
worse grace than those VINO are more expert
enced in the vicssitudes of the national game.
AS consequence the first year of clubs ex-
perience in any city is generally attended with
oversupply of enthusiasm at the outset and
an entire revolution OF public sentiment before
the season is half started.
indianapolis. however, went into the present
League venture with great deal of foresight.
The daily papers prepared the way by sensibly
announcing that the club was not expected to be
a winner, but that they would be able to give
good exni billions of the popular sport. The peo
pie, therefore, did not grow disguised when the
club so steadily lost games The team played
good BALL and very frequently fought in the face
of hard luck. and their woIk was appreciated in a
proper way by the patrons. A stranger here
finds almost everyone standing I'D for the club.
We've got good club, the say, but somehow
they don't win. just wait until we can strength
a few weak points, and then we'll meet you
with a winning team. This is the sensible way
of looking at matters by people who expect to see
their city representa- on the ball-held and in the
long run it will lead to success.
Another thing that Mr.. Brush stated will
strike some rather incredible 1t is curi-
GUS fact said he. that the people have become
more Disguised here with bad exhibitions of UNI
piring than with poor ball-playing. We seem to
haue been particularly unfortunate in that re-
gard. You know 1t is che custom to favor the
home club where any favoritism has to be shown
by the umpire, but SO far from getting that we
have thus far been the sufferers on our own
grounds. Time and again | have heard people
say, when asked if they were going to the game,
mo; do you think I'm going to look at that bum
IN pire againa" or I'm not going out to them
robbed" and such expressions as that. am not
kicking for / know this umpire bust
ress is the hardest in the world to manage, but
1 will say it has given Us great deal OF
trouble
'.Mr. Brush said the stockholders were very
well pleased thus far with the manager,
ID larry Fogel The latter had taken charge of
the club under very disadvantageous circum-
stances. When the team arrived at Philadel-
phia, Boyle. Healy and Shombere were sick,
and one or two others were more or less disabled y
Before he had learned of the state of affairs.
Manager Foeel had told Hackett he could have
short rest and visit home after the games at
PHILADELPHIA. But with so many men disabled
it became necessary for Fogel to rescind his
promise to Hackett. and the latter told he
would have to catch in the exhibition game at
Trenton against the Cuban Giants" Hack
the emphatic declaration that he'd be - if
he played against nggers,' he packed up his
things and left the club The result was that
Manager Fogel indefinitely suspended him. But
doth not appear. the latter has not yet been
heard from This will probably result in
George Myers being put behind the bat in a ma
jority of the games. and he may be able to equal
his record of last year. when he led the League
in the number OF games caught
''The Indianapolis club returns next Thursday,
and will open the season with Washington.
There are over one hundred stockholders in
the club, and they all men of good business
standing Their support obtained only by
the promise that the game was to be conducted
on a more espectable scale than it ever had
been previously, and the consequence is the best
citizens are interested in the sport But
disgraceful debauch of two or three
of the indianapolis players a few weeks since
has occurred TO injure the reputation of the
sport, and the management trying hard to
overcome the evil effects of that event"
Baseball Yesterday.
NEW YORK, July "a The most striking feat
ure in the game between the ST. Louis and
BROOKLYN clubs. at Ridgewood. Long Island.